The species dilemma and its potential impact on enforcing wildlife trade laws [0.03%]
物种身份的困境及其对打击野生动植物非法贸易的影响
Rachel L Jacobs,Barry W Baker
Rachel L Jacobs
The varied answers to the question "What is a species?" provoke more than lively debates in academic circles. They pose practical problems for law enforcement. Commercial wildlife trade threatens many primate species and is regulated throug...
Simon Holdaway
Simon Holdaway
Why evolutionary biology needs anthropology: Evaluating core assumptions of the extended evolutionary synthesis [0.03%]
为什么进化生物学需要人类学——重新评估扩展进化综合的基本假设
Melinda A Zeder
Melinda A Zeder
Anthropologists have a long history of applying concepts from evolutionary biology to cultural evolution. Evolutionary biologists, however, have been slow to turn to anthropology for insights about evolution. Recently, evolutionary biology ...
Epigenetic Clocks [0.03%]
表观遗传钟
Elaine E Guevara,Richard R Lawler
Elaine E Guevara
Recent research has revealed clock-like patterns of epigenetic change across the life span in humans. Models describing these epigenetic changes have been dubbed "epigenetic clocks," and they can not only predict chronological age but also ...
Living in poisoning environments: Invisible risks and human adaptation [0.03%]
生活在有毒环境中:无形风险与人类适应性响应
Bernardo Arriaza,Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena,Vivien Standen et al.
Bernardo Arriaza et al.
This article describes the hidden natural chemical contaminants present in a unique desert environment and their health consequences on ancient populations. Currently, millions of people are affected worldwide by toxic elements such as arse...
Pleistocene dental calculus: Recovering information on Paleolithic food items, medicines, paleoenvironment and microbes [0.03%]
更新世牙石研究:获取史前饮食、用药品种、古环境和微生物的信息
Karen Hardy,Stephen Buckley,Les Copeland
Karen Hardy
Dental calculus is now widely used to recover information on items ingested in the past. It is particularly valuable in the earlier Paleolithic, where recovered data may represent the only evidence for plant use. Several recovery methods ar...
Variation in the social organization of gorillas: Life history and socioecological perspectives [0.03%]
大猩猩社会组织的多样性:生活史和生态学视角
Martha M Robbins,Andrew M Robbins
Martha M Robbins
A focus of socioecological research is to understand how ecological, social, and life history factors influence the variability of social organization within and between species. The genus Gorilla exhibits variability in social organization...
Rethinking the evolution of property and possession: A review and methodological proposition [0.03%]
反思财产和占有的进化:综述与方法论建议
Lucy Tibble,Susana Carvalho
Lucy Tibble
Property is a key feature of modern human society; however, identifying the origin of this multifaceted behavior poses a formidable challenge. Here, we explore the methodologies for researching the origin of property. We discuss how an inte...
Second annual workshop of the Association of Early-Career Social Learning Researchers in St Andrews, Scotland [0.03%]
苏格兰圣安德鲁斯社会学习青年研究人员协会第二届年会
Marco Smolla,Edith Invernizzi,Marina Bazhydai et al.
Marco Smolla et al.
Charlotte Elizabeth Holmes Wilks,Kirsten H Blakey
Charlotte Elizabeth Holmes Wilks